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Learning supportive communication through an adaptation of the board game Apples to Apples |
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| Authors: | Kristina M Scharp John S Seiter Timothy Curran |
| Institution: | 1. Department Communication, The University of Washington, Seattle, USA;2. Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies, Utah State University, Logan, USA |
| Abstract: | People who receive supportive communication when they are distressed benefit from a series of advantageous outcomes. We designed the following activity based on the popular board game Apples to Apples to provide students with an experiential understanding of different types of social support—(1) emotional, (2) esteem, (3) network, (4) informational, (5) tangible, (6) celebratory, (7) social presence, and (8) nonverbal—as well as to illustrate the concepts of support matching and person centeredness. Courses: Interpersonal Communication, Relational Communication, Health Communication. Objectives: To provide students with an experiential understanding of different types of social support: (1) emotional, (2) esteem, (3) network, (4) informational, (5) tangible, (6) celebratory, (7) social presence, and (8) nonverbal, as well as to illustrate the concepts of support matching and person centeredness. |
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